Checked in around 6:30 and handed a perfect sandwich. The clerk was a ~22 year old Megan. She promptly fiddled with my cards and at the end of the transaction looked down, acted surprised, and said thank you. She’s now $20 richer and I’m still in my standard room. I likely won’t try this “trick” again as it didn’t even seem to begin to work and my money was not returned.

I had booked a Resort King room my boyfriend and I approached a young woman clerk who seemed friendly. I handed her my DL and CC with the $20 Sandwiched in the middle and asked if they had any “Complimentary Upgrades available.” She said let me check and after searching the computer she said I can upgrade you to the Tower King rooms which are on the 24th and 25th floor and have there own private elevator and there will be a surprise for you later this evening. Later that night we had a bottle of champange in the room.

After reading on frontdesktip, I knew I wanted a young male clerk to check us into our rooms. My whole party was skeptical and thought I was blowing $50, but it was my 30th birthday and I figured it was worth the gamble! I sandwiched the money in between my ID and CC with the corners sticking out. I asked for any available upgrades as we made small talk. Told him we were there to celebrate my birthday and a few minutes later….BAM! Upgraded to a hella nice suite. The other people in my party didn’t try to tip and wound up getting rooms with crapola rooms with views of the A/C, which didn’t really matter because they wound up all spending their time in party central with us up on one of the top floors! It was an amazing time and set the tone for the whole trip. Can’t wait to go back in the winter of 2013 and try it again at a different resort.

We arrived at approx 11pm at the Mirage to celebrate my boyfriend’s 31st birthday and my 30th birthday. The line was extremely short with only 3 clerks running the front desk. After reading on frontdesktip.com, I knew I wanted the younger guy approx 25 years old and I knew I wanted a fab suite (did my research) in order to celebrate our birthdays in style. I sandwiched two $20s in between my ID and credit card and stepped up to the plate and casually asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available once he saw the sandwich. We made small talk–be extra nice people as you are wanting something only they can make happen– and he asked if we were celebrating anything special. After a few agonizing minutes of waiting to hear the result- wha la! “ma’am you’ve been upgraded to a deluxe tower suite.” needless to say, I could barely keep my cool because I knew how awesome our room was going to be. We had some friends and cousins who were accompanying us, but didn’t try the sandwich trick and got regular rooms over looking the air conditioning unit. Our room was on a high floor with a private elevator, facing the north end of the strip and the volcano. We were like kids on Christmas morning when we got to the room!! Way to start off the vacation right! Thanks, frontdesktip.com! I’ll have to try to sandwich from now on while on other vacations.

I founds this site a few months ago and was intrigued with the success people have had. I was traveling to Las Vegas with my wife and friends who are a couple so I figured I would give it a shot.

We arrived at the Mirage around 6pm. There was a very short line. We rolled up to the next Front Desk clerk who happened to be an attractive dark haired girl in her mid 20’s. I smiled at her, handed her my CC and DL along with a $50 bill and asked her if there were any complimentary upgrades. She said she would see what she could do. After 5 minutes of punching keys and being on the phone, she said that she would have us both a nice room in the Tower .

The rooms were spectacular. Ours was a corner room overlong the strip and Volcano while my friends’ room was overlooking the pool.

The upgrade was excellent! We enjoyed the view and the separate elevator bank. The rooms were beautiful as they had been recently renovated. Overall a tremendous success!! Thanks Frontdesktip.com!!

Arrived at the Mirage about 11:30 pm and didn’t target a specific clerk, just got the first one available, a friendly looking young man. Didn’t get a chance to ask about upgrades before he saw the $20. He said “Ha ha, I can’t take bribes but I will take tips. Let me see what I can do for you”. We were upgraded from a standard room to the King Deluxe Tower room with a pool view. Seems to be the standard upgrade others are getting and was what we were hoping to get. Very nice room….thanks Mirage for the upgrade!

Checked in around noon on Friday, 1/6. Walked up to first open line, and gave the $20 and said “this is for you, any chance you can upgrade me to a Tower Deluxe?” He looked for a few minutes, and said “no problem”. My room was great. Private elevators and an awesome view of the Strip.

Our clerk saw the 20 dollar note and putted it directly back in front of the desk before we could say anything and said: “I’m sorry but i can’t do anything for you but you already have a high floor Deluxe room with strip view”
She was not a very nice person at all. Sometimes there is no luck 🙁

Booked complementary deluxe room through the Player’s Club. Went to the invited guest check-in and all 3 or 4 clerks were young, attractive females(which I usually look for). So, I just took the first available. She set the $20 aside and stamped my credit card. I told her that I was a frequent customer and would sure like to have pool side on the 24th floor if at all possible(which you can tell from other reviews is the tower mini-suite floor, along with 25). The check-in “company line” is that they cannot upgrade comped rooms. I guess that’s not entirely true. One last comment. I’ve been doing this since I 1st discovered this site in ’07(I think it was). Well, the Mirage is still 100% and so am I. Not one denial. 24th floor pool side with a free bottle of Brut the next day……..

We were 9am early arrivals, went to the 25ish white female, mentioned our anniversary (its not really our anniversary), handed over $20.00, she didnt think twice as she upgraded us to a spectacular room….had to wait two hours…but it was well worth it. . Free champagne tray arrived later on. Mirage is nicely updated/upgraded now….and location is as good as it gets!